Wubei Zhi (Vol. 17)

Empty the treasuries and arsenals to dispatch troops across the Great River The Yangtze River, plunder Yangzhou, and return to repair the Stone City Modern-day Nanjing to defend it. The regions of Xuan-She and Jiangxi will surely respond to us. Send Liu Congjian with ten thousand men to follow the coast southward and seize Fujian by surprise. In this way, the lands from which the state draws its tribute and taxes will all fall into our hands.

The scholar Wang Lu A Jinshi, or graduate of the highest level of the imperial examinations said: "Vice Commissioner Liu’s plan is what Sun Quan The founding Emperor of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, known for his naval mastery of the Yangtze would have done; it will not be easily accomplished. It would be better to gather our followers, occupy strategic heights to defend ourselves, and sustain the army by farming the land and fishing the sea. If the situation becomes desperate, we can flee to the islands. This is a foolproof plan."

Qiu Fu hesitated and remained undecided. Meanwhile, Wang Shi’s army advanced as if passing through an uninhabited land, reaching Xiling. Qiu Fu sent an envoy . to request . surrender .. Shi . said .: "This . man . surely . wishes . to spy . on . our . movements . and . intends . to make . us . arrogant . and . negligent."

He then . told . the . envoy .: "If . Fu . comes . with his hands . bound . behind . his back . Face bound (面縛): A ritual of total submission where a defeated leader presents himself to the victor as a prisoner and . presents himself ., he . shall . be . spared . from . death .." Shi . entered . Yue . Prefecture ., and after seeing . off Zheng . Zhide with a banquet of music and wine, Zheng returned to the capital. Wang Shi then began to reform the military regulations. At this point, the complaints from those claiming that supplies and rations were insufficient finally ceased.